Diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis with intraductal biliary biopsy and treatment of stricture with serial placement of multiple biliary stents

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 396-399

  Alexander, Sina ^a   Bourke, Michael J ^a   Williams, Stephen J ^a   Bailey, Adam ^a   Gill, Anthony ^a   Kench, James G ^a  

^a Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research NSW Health Pathology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT STENT; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BALLOON DILATATION; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PREDNISOLONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47749103414     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.11.044     Document Type: Article

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